Saturday's Men's Basketball Preview

Tonight In The MAC - Saturday, November 28, 2009

Central Michigan (2-3, 0-0 MAC) at #6 Purdue (4-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
11:30 a.m. • Big Ten Network • Purdue leads series 5-1
• Looking for its first road win of the 2009-10 campaign, the Central Michigan men's basketball team travels to face No. 6 Purdue at Mackey Arena on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 11:30 a.m. Jordan Bitzer posted his second career double-double and tied a career-high with 10 rebounds, but CMU fell to Wright State at the Ervin J. Nutter Center on Tuesday, 69-53.

UC Davis (2-3, 0-0 Big West) at Ball State (2-1, 0-0 MAC)
1 p.m. • First Meeting
•The Cardinals enter the game with a 2-1 record on the season as they are coming off of their first loss of the season Tuesday night at Temple (66-46). The Cardinals are averaging 63.7 points per game while allowing 63.7 points. UC Davis enters the game with a 2-3 overall record...The Aggies are coming off of a 63-62 loss at home Tuesday to North Dakota State. Mark Payne leads UC Davis in scoring at 17.0 points per game as he is averaging a team-high 32.6 minutes per game.

Davenport (7-0, 0-0 Non DI) at Eastern Michigan (3-2, 0-0 MAC)
2 p.m. • First Meeting
•Both Carlos Medlock and Brandon Bowdry are close to reaching career milestones for the Eagles. Medlock has scored 1,063 career points to rank 22nd in EMU history, passing George Gervin (1,044) for that spot. Medlock has 299 career assists and needs just one to become the 12th player in school history to reach 300. Bowdry's 15-point, 11-rebound performance at Missouri State, Nov. 22, was the ninth double-double of his career.

Holy Cross (0-5, 0-0 Patriot) at Western Michigan (1-2, 0-0 MAC)
2 p.m. • Series tied 2-2
•The Broncos are coming off a two-point loss at Loyola on Monday night, 60 58. The Broncos held a 10-point lead in the second half, but Loyola used an 18-3 run to take the lead and survive. Senior David Kool led all players with 22 points and added five assists and four rebounds at Loyola. Kool has led the Broncos in scoring in 50-of-95 career games, while scoring 20 points or more i 26 career games. Kool leads the MAC in scoring with 22.7 points per game.

Wisconsin-Milwaukee (4-2, 0-0 Horizon) at Bowling Green (1-2, 0-0 MAC)
2 p.m. • Bowling Green leads series 1-0
•Bowling Green is looking for just its second 2-0 home start since the 2005-06 season. The Falcons went 6-0 to start the year in 2008-09. The Falcons have lost two consecutive games by 20 or more points for the first time under Head Coach Louis Orr. The last time that happened came in the final two games of the 2005-06 season. BG has not lost three consecutive games by 20 or more points since the 1977-78 team lost to No. 3 Marquette (86-54), Indiana (89-52), and Princeton (67-46) in succession.

Evansville (2-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley) at Miami (1-4, 0-0 MAC)
3 p.m. • Evansville lead series 7-3
• After spending its first five games away from Millett Hall, Miami returns to the friendly confines of home for three straight games and four of its next five. The RedHawks begin their home stretch hosting Evansville at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28. As a team, Miami is averaging 8.85 3-pointers per game. In addition to their record-setting performance at Kentucky (15), the RedHawks have tallied nine treys against New Mexico, seven against Louisiana Tech and Nicholls State and six at Towson.

Toledo (0-4, 0-0 MAC) at Drexel (2-3, 0-0 CAA)
(Legends Classic -- Philadelphia, Pa.)
4:30 p.m. • Series tied 1-1
•Toledo faces host Drexel in its second game of the Legends Classic. The Rockets are still searching for their first win of the season, while the Dragons have won their last two games since dropping their first three contests. Redshirt freshman guard Stephen Albrecht leads Toledo with 18.5 ppg and is shooting 50.0 percent (16-of-32) from three-point range.... Junior G Jamie Harris paces Drexel offensively with 17.4 ppg and is coming off a career-high 28-point outing in Friday's 74-61 win over Vermont.

Ohio (4-0, 0-0 MAC) at Marshall (3-1, 0-0 Conference USA)
7:30 p.m. • Ohio leads series 50-44
•While both teams have played four games thus far in the 2009-10 season, they have shared three common opponents in N.C. A&T, Middle Tennessee State and Lamar. Ohio defeated MTSU 81-68 on Nov. 15, earned a 93-82 victory over N.C. A&T on Nov. 17 and, in the Bobcats' most recent outing, beat Lamar 71-46 on Nov. 23. Marshall opened its season with a 79-63 win over N.C. A&T on Nov. 15, then defeated MTSU 63-60 on Nov. 17 and, in their most recent outing, earned an 87-74 win over Lamar on Nov. 25.

Northern Illinois (1-3, 0-0 MAC) at Northern Iowa (3-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley)
8 p.m. • Northern Iowa leads series 12-8
•Northern Illinois will look to get back on the winning track when they take on host Northern Iowa. Northern Illinois is coming off last Sunday's 70-64 overtime loss against visiting Southeast Missouri at the Convocation Center. Junior guard Darion "Jake" Anderson posted his fifth-career double-double with a game-high 23 points and career-high tying 13 rebounds.